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Watertown seeks to build a culture of success in anti-poverty campaign

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Almost 22% of people in the Watertown area live in poverty. That's well above the state average. Other parts of the North Country suffer from similarly high poverty rates.A new anti-poverty campaign launching in Watertown is the first of its kind in the state. Four groups will share more than $800,000 in state funding for the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative. Similar programs will launch in sixteen other communities statewide later this spring.